The Kids

Last night was amazing.  Truly magical, I was taking in moments as if in slow motion.  The sounds would fade away, and visions of the leaders of the past rushed into my conscious.

Then the memories of George Bush winning, twice.  The stolen elections, the lies, the corruption, the ineptness.  The Bob Shrumness, the Karl Roveness, the Abramoff, Libby and Viceroy Bremer.  9-11, Bin Laden Determined to Strike in the US, Topped the Levy, Heckuva Job, Alberto's perjury, the illegal spying, the illegal war, the illegal torture, the illegal obstruction of justice(s).  The war on science, the war on the poor, on the working, on the small businesses, states, cites, unions, and the pension plans.  The bankrupting of our treasury, the missing 9 billion dollars, the giveaways to the only people who don't need it, and it doesn't help to give it to.  The failure to catch Bin Laden.  Scalito, Roberts, Meirs, Bolten, Medals of Freedom.

I don't know if that will fade away, but when I snapped out of my fog I looked around me.  What I saw was nothing but young people.  The average age could have been 21, maybe lower. 

This is what Obama has done for the country, at a minimum.  He has engaged many young people who never felt like it mattered before.  These young people will be alive for many years to come, and will be the leaders of this country.  As I looked around at all of the young faces I couldn't help but think that we are on the right track again.

The kids under 22 are more engaged than ever before, and the kind of hope that this gives them is immeasurable.  They are the base of the Democratic party for the future, and they are very liberal/progressive.  They know the issues much better than any young people before them for quite a while.  I think that is what A War or Two does, it gets kids to pay attention when their friends are off dying accross the world fighting some dark skinned people.  It gets kids asking questions, gets them pissed off, and gets them motivated and working for CHANGE! 

The country got so bad, that everybody had to get serious and we didn't have the luxury of Republican rhetoric anymore.  Nobody cares about Socialism, Guns and Abortions more than eating and having a house.  In good times, I feel there are voters who vote Republican just to feel morally superior, or to be politically incorrect to piss people off.  When their wallets' are hurting, they come back to the serious adults with answers.